2009 will make people yearn for 2008

[ASH]

Re: 2009 will make people yearn for 2008

you realize that when you write stuff like this you make my blood curdle? you are the most dispassionately analytical member here, and here you are calculating how to keep from getting shot while farming your own food.

what probability do you assign to the events that need to happen for the dog to come in handy? or, as you argue (and i agree) you and your neighbors turn your neighborhood into a private green zone?

I assign a very low probability to this eventuality. I personally believe that the worst case simply involves rationing and some elements of a command economy.

It's just that this particular topic is at the intersection of my love of end-of-the-world fiction and interest in military/security topics. I probably should have made that clear. The above speculation is just a flight of fantasy -- "what would I do if..." and is not a recommendation for planning.

The two posts in this thread outline what I actually think is reasonable. This post is another more "serious" consideration of what might happen.

[walenk]

investment alternatives

Besides - what else is there to invest in right now? [/QUOTE]

The eternal verities? Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis. Longer shelf life than tobacco. Less bulky than alcohol. Easier to swallow than gold. :cool:

[mikesblack]

Re: 2009 will make people yearn for 2008

Perth Certs- Etfs- Coins or bars. Each seem to have their own risks.

. Solid in US ( risk of confiscation ) e.g. Roosevelt
Vault
Home- Security
. Solid abroad in a vault( How to get to country and travel restrictions.
Perth Certs??? Ideas
ETFs- ??? Ideas

Thanks,
Mike

[Fiat Currency]

Re: investment alternatives

Easier to swallow than gold. :cool:

Are you sure about that? Check out this article - where it appears that in Japan (where people eat gold) that they are now finding 2kg of gold for every tonne of sewage !! :eek:

http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/jap...rs-gold-sewage

[tombat1913]

Re: 2009 will make people yearn for 2008

you realize that when you write stuff like this you make my blood curdle? you are the most dispassionately analytical member here, and here you are calculating how to keep from getting shot while farming your own food.

Is thas perhaps your new moniker ASH? "Most dispassionately analytical member".
You're right metalman, he has the analytical intelligence of an economist and the cold disposition of a war planner.

what probability do you assign to the events that need to happen for the dog to come in handy?

Here's the way I see it. In EJ's latest interview they foresee potentially 20% unemployment, what logical conclusion can we come to about crime rates in this situation?
I bought 6 months supply of dried food, have I ever lost sleep about having too much food? No way.
I stocked up a little on seeds to plant about a half acre garden, never lost sleep about having too many seeds.
Never lost sleep about having a few too many boxes of ammo, silver or survival gear either.

[a warren]

Re: 2009 will make people yearn for 2008

This thread is full of the kind of talk that makes people from outside USA despise and pity Yanks

[FRED]

Re: 2009 will make people yearn for 2008

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Moving this thread to Rant and Rave and closing it per stated rules.